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Figure. Baigneuse a la Cabine
A rare large paper signed proof - from the collection of Vollard and Petiet - of the original lithograph issued with 'Le Manuscrit Aurographe'.
£17,500
Picasso, PabloFigure. Baigneuse a la...1929
ARP 1: Prapoganda und Arp. (Proof...
A very scarce proof of the cover for 'ARP 1: Prapoganda und Arp'.
£1,500
Arp, Hans. Kurt SchwittersARP 1: Prapoganda und...1923, Oktober
MUIM Institut. Moderner Unterricht in Malerei,...
The very rare prospectus for the MUIM Institut, the art school for 'neue Art' founded by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Max Pechstein, with Kirchner's original woodcut for the front cover.
£5,500
Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig & Max PechsteinMUIM Institut. Moderner Unterricht...1911
Ausstellung von Gemälden von E. L...
Kirchner's own copy, signed beneath the cover woodcut and annotated by him, of the catalogue for the second of his exhibitions at Kunsthandlung Ludwig Schames in Frankfurt.
£7,500
Kirchner, Ernst LudwigAusstellung von Gemälden von...1919
Ausstellung von graphischen Arbeiten von E...
Erna Schilling's very fine presentation copy of this very scarce catalogue for the 1920 exhibition of Kirchner's graphic work.
£5,500
Kirchner, Ernst LudwigAusstellung von graphischen Arbeiten...1920
Primitives. Poems and Woodcuts
An excellent example of this very early American artist book / livre d'artiste.
£1,250
Weber, Max. Casseres, Benjamin de. (Intro.)Primitives. Poems and Woodcuts1926
Ovide: L'Art d'Aimer. / P. Ovidii...
A superb copy of Maillol's beautiful illustrations for Ovid with the discrete suite in sanguine.
£10,000
Maillol, Aristide. OvidOvide: L'Art d'Aimer. /...1935
Les Pastorales de Longus ou Daphnis...
A very rare example of Bonnard's superb second book with Vollard, one of ten from the édition de tête on Japon ancien, with the additional suite and in a contemporary binding by Noulhac.
£35,000
Bonnard, Pierre. LongusLes Pastorales de Longus...1902
Au Soleil du Plafond
Pierre Reverdy's verse with lithographs by his friend Juan Gris.
£6,500
Gris, Juan. Reverdy, PaulAu Soleil du Plafond1955
Les Ames Mortes. Eaux-Fortes Originales de...
Marc Chagall's masterful illustrations for Gogol's 'Dead Souls'.
£35,000
Chagall, Marc. Gogol, NicolasLes Ames Mortes. Eaux-Fortes...1948
ZLOM. Nové Vydání. (Rupture. New Edition)
The very rare édition de tête of this second edition of 'ZLOM' designed by Karel Teige, signed by Biebl and Teige and with all of Teige's compositions with additional colour heightening by hand.
£12,500
Teige, Karel. Biebl, KonstantinZLOM. Nové Vydání. (Rupture...1928
Pleine Marge
An exceptional copy of the very scarce exile Surrealist broadside 'Pleine Marge' with Breton's original manuscript for the poem.
£9
Seligmann, Kurt. Breton, AndréPleine Marge1943
Les Invendables. Quarante Oeuvres Invendables de...
A presentation copy of the deluxe issue of Man Ray's catalogue with the original signed collage.
£3,500
Man RayLes Invendables. Quarante Oeuvres...1969
Surréalisme - la machine de vos...
A superb original collaborative Surrealist double-sided collage signed by Max Ernst and Georges Hugnet - two of the most remarkable, original and productive practitioners of the technique - and presented to Noel Armand.
£10,000
Ernst, Max and Georges HugnetSurréalisme - la machine...6 Avril 1934
Pablo Picasso. 14 Dessins Originaux Gravés...
Louis Grosclaude's portfolio of etchings after Picasso's original drawings.
£5,750
Picasso, PabloPablo Picasso. 14 Dessins...1943
Personnages de Comédie
A very fine copy of this delightful collaboration between two Art Deco masters: Georges Barbier and François-Louis Schmied.
£8,500
Barbier, Georges. Albert FlamentPersonnages de Comédie1922
Kubin's first independent publication, and also the first publication by Hans von Weber.
Kubin, AlfredFünfzehn Facsimiledrucke1903
£2,250
Levana a Matky Žalu. (Levana and...
The rare 1927 Czech edition of de Quincey's 'Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow' with Josef Čapek's linocuts all with additional colour by hand.
£27,500
Čapek, Josef. Quincey, Thomas de. (Jaroslav Skalický, Trans.)Levana a Matky Žalu...1927
DADA SOULÈVE TOUT.  DADA connaît...
A very fine example, never folded, of this scarce, iconoclastic and blasphemous dada manifesto, an excellent specimen of dada typography.
£5,000
Dada. Tzara, Tristan, Edgar Varèse, Philippe Soupault, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Man Ray, Max Ernst et alDADA SOULÈVE TOUT. ...1921, 12 Janvier
The International Surrealist Exhibition. Thursday, June...
Gaston Ferdière's presentation copy of the scarce catalogue for the ambitious and highly influential International Surrealist Exhibition held in London in 1936 signed by a number of the participants.
£3,000
Surrealism. Breton, André (Preface) and Herbert Read (Introduction)The International Surrealist Exhibition...1936
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